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Special Collections and University Archives has recently acquired a collection of handwritten musical scores for The Revelers, an American quintet composed of four male vocalists and a pianist popular on record and radio between 1925-1940.

This collection includes approximately 500 original vocal arrangements from The Revelers’ catalog of works performed in 1921-1939, including individual charts for each vocalist and master vocal scores. The arrangements are the work of two pianist-arrangers that worked with The Revelers: Ed Smalle (1887-1968) and Frank Black (1898-1969), with the latter forming the bulk of the collection. The scores include hand-written lyrics added by each vocalist for their part, as well as additional notes and annotations made by the arranger. Continue reading →

March 9th, 2014 marked the two year anniversary of the passing of Oregon folksinger Harry S. Stamper, Jr. His song “We Just Come To Work Here (We Don’t Come To Die)” became the unofficial anthem of the occupational health and safety movement, and it was designated a “classic labor song” by the Smithsonian Folkways record label. During his career, Stamper, who was from Coos Bay, performed at the Great Hudson River Revival, the Highlander Center, and the San Francisco memorial for legendary labor leader Harry Bridges. His work caught the attention of renowned folk musician Pete Seeger, influential folklorist Archie Green and a host of other journalists, documentary filmmakers, scholars and union activists.

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16mm Lost and Found
Blog highlighting University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives 16mm films.

Oregon Digital Newspaper Program
ODNP is an initiative to digitize historic Oregon newspaper content and make it freely available to the public through a keyword-searchable online database.

Oregon Rare Books Initiative
The Oregon Rare Books Initiative (ORBI) seeks to publicize the wonderful early print and manuscript collections of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon.

Warner and the World
This blog investigates, inspires, and collaborates with research examining the life, work, and collected material of Gertrude Bass Warner.